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PARKERSBURG – A Parkersburg man was charged Saturday with drug trafficking following a traffic stop near Lubeck, according to the Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force.
Timothy C. Nay, 57, was arrested by agents of the task force after he was stopped on U.S. 50 near the Lubeck exit where a search of the vehicle was conducted, the task force reported on Sunday. Officers, assisted by the Wood County Sheriff's Office, found a bag with 400 grams of suspected methamphetamine in the vehicle, the task force said.
Nay was charged with possession with the intent to deliver methamphetamine and transporting 50 grams or more of methamphetamine into the state, the task force said. Nay was remanded to the North Central Regional Jail on a $125,000 surety bond, which he failed to post, the task force said.
The traffic stop was made around 8:15 p.m., the task force said.
The Parkersburg Narcotics Task Force is composed of officers from the Wood County Sheriff's Office, the Parkersburg Police Department, the Vienna Police Department and the West Virginia State Police.